Mayweather vs. Matthew Hatton: How many rounds will it take for Floyd to win?
November 30th, 2009
By Chris Williams: In the latest news, there is talk of Floyd Mayweather Jr. facing Matthew Hatton (37-4-2, 14 KO’s) in March 2010 instead of Manny Pacquiao. According to Insidesports.ph, part of the problem for the Pacquiao-Mayweather bout not going ahead is because Pacquiao has decided to run for congress in Sarangani. This predicament has resulted in Mayweather looking at a fight against Matthew Hatton, who recently failed in an attempt to capture the International Boxing Organization welterweight title when he fought to a 12 round draw against Lovemore N’dou on November 13th.
The real test of Hatton’s career came this month when he fought a 38-year-old N’dou for the IBO title. Although Hatton appeared to win the fight by three to four rounds, it still wasn’t the kind of performance that would make you get excited about seeing him fight.
I think Hatton would have serious problems if he were put in with a decent 1st tier welterweight contender like Mike Jones or Jesus Soto Karass. I think either of those guys would beat Hatton soundly. However, for Mayweather, who is perceived to be the best fighter in the welterweight division aside from Pacquiao, to face Hatton, it seems a little off putting. I wasn’t all that excited about seeing Mayweather hand pick another smaller fighter when he fought Juan Manuel Marquez in September, because it was Mayweather’s second consecutive fight against a smaller fighter.
However, Marquez would probably tear Matthew Hatton apart if they were pitted against each other. And Mayweather showed that he’s much better than Marquez, so you can pretty much see that a fight against Hatton will be no less than an organized slaughter for Mayweather. The casual boxing fans scooped up the Mayweather-Marquez fight and purchased in in droves on pay-per-view.
It’s not clear why they opted to do so, because the fight was seen as a mismatch going in because of Mayweather’s size advantage. But if Mayweather thinks that will happen twice against the little known Matthew Hatton, I think he’s overestimated the public’s gullibility. I wouldn’t pay to see Mayweather fight Matthew Hatton. In fact, they’d have to pay me to see this hopeless slaughter because it’s not good boxing. It’s like matching a super bowl bound football team against a rag tag high school team. Hatton, like his brother Ricky, has no chance against Mayweather.
The British boxing public might go for this fight, but even they would have to be a little put off by it you would think. I’d rather see the still green Kell Brook matched up against Mayweather rather than Hatton. At least Brook would be able to make it slightly interesting for a round or two because of his fast hands and accurate shots. Hatton is going to get destroyed. Mayweather would have to carry him if he wanted to make the fight last.
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Twelve boring rounds.
“i Want the Brother of Ricky Hatton! Who has 37-4-2, 14 KO’s. 14 K.O”
u cant fool us matthew hatton, using the name carl 2 big ur self up.
carl i totally agree and i’ve been studying boxing for 37 years!
floyd would win inside 3
NO i am absolutely not joking go and look at some of magic mathew hattons fight the guy has awesome power to the body i truly believe is style is made for deconstructing and destroying floyd. floyd is a great technision but mathew i feel has the tools to destroy him in wat will go down as the greatest upset in boxing mark my words mathew hatton destroys mayweather. the golden boy beat him castillo beat him if you watch the fight and now another warrior with great body punches will beat him but he wont give the judges the chance to rob him and protect the pretty boys record
carl, your funny,were hatton to win that would be the greatest upset in sports of all time, it would be like carl ‘the fridge’ baker beating a prime mike tyson coming off that knock off michael spinks.
never gonna happen not in a million years, id eat me nuts if it happens ,
Oops for some reason I though this hred meant Pacman – Hatton?? he can afford to fanny about and still take him in 2.
It nearly always takes him 12, he’ll fanny about for the first half and take over for the 2nd. Having said that he may need to start a bit earlier in this case.
How about Money comes over and takes part in Prizefighter on Friday?!?!
Carl,please tell me your joking
did none of you guys see hatton lovmore n’dou this is a very dangerous fight for floyd to take with very little to gain. if this fight happens i see mathew hatton stoppin him inside 8 he really stings the shots into the body and i just dnt think mayweather would be able to take the shots. for me the fight has to happen and there is only one winner but due to lack of public interest i dont see it happening
if im floyd i would not take this fight, floyd has nothing to gain and everything to lose in this fight even if he wins.. agree? people will be like saying that he is ducking the best opponents out there and this fight is just for the money.. hes lucky if this fight gets 800k buys.
will never happen, floyd only fights money fights and hatton sure aint that, hatton better off fighting gavin rees after e wins prizefighter.
Matthew Hatton who? Wow talking about avoiding real fighter. One suggestion try to fight Cotto. Floyd you have beeen avoiding Cotto your entire carrer. Lets see if you can really fight real fighters for once.
floyd jr. vs. matthew hatton? wow.. that’s a real homo…very homo floyd.
it will be a good undercard for mosley vs. berto fight though
If Mayweather takes on Matthew Hatton, he truly is the biggest joke in boxing and need to go back to ballroom dancing.
man if Flyod fights this bum he is tripin i am so sorry for floyd b/c hes opening up the window for people to talk crap. I mean fight somebody that gonna give u a real fight somebody with a name this dude is a bum he’s weaker than his brother and you knocked him out. I mean i am a fan but IF u do fight this guy its saying a lot about u dawg.
I do Ricky brother then I do Marquez brother next,
call me legendary pretty boy………the king
thats it mayweather you can run but you cannot hide pacman, you ought to retire, the just come back when pacman has retired for good.
No-one can really defend Mayweather if this fight does happen. However, I do think this is just a rumour, unless he plans on fighting in England for his next bout. Mayweather should steer his attention towards Mosley (win or lose against Berto) if the Pacquiao fight can’t be agreed yet for whatever reason. He will gain a lot more credit from a lot of his critics.
Mayweather v Pacquiao Summer 2010 would gain a lot more attention, and a lot more viewers/PPV buys than a bout early next year in my opinion anyway.
Mayweather vs Hatton, i think floyd can beat Hatton but will be hard to KO because Floyd doesnt want to be hit so will not trade shots with a KO artist like Hatton.
I will vote to see the two losers fight, Cotto-Marquez. I guarantee this would be far more entertaining than PBF-Mathew Hatton.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH MAYWEATHER- HE IS SUCH A P U S S Y!
I GIVE UP!! IF MAYWEATHER WANTS TO FIGHT MATTHEW HATTON, WHY DON’T WE JUST GET IVAN CALDERON TO FIGHT ONE OF THE KLITCHKO BROTHERS. ITS A JOKE FOR BOXING!
i got hatton in 10 rounds. he’s a tough fighter and it will be in england so floyd’s in trouble inmo.
erm complete rubbish me thinks!
who would seriously feel Mayweather vs Matthew Hatton is a credible matchup? Younger Hatton goes from a draw against Lovemore Ndou to fighting Floyd Mayweather, leave it off!
do any of u believe for 1 second that this fight will happen?
PBF vs. M. Hatton cannot be for real. It would actually be cruel to throw Hatton in with Floyd. He would be cut to ribbons in a pointless mismatch.
What is this bs? he should fight mosley,berto,clottey or quintana..who the f&^K is matthew hatton…mayweathers a damn joke
Pacquiao wanted the fight in march and Floyd declined what are you guys on about. so he rather move to middleweight for a tune up, and also get a world title in the 8th weight, and then fight floyd in september. Doesn’t seem like a bad idea.
It was Freddie Roach who turned down the March bout, saying he needed a 10 week camp to adjust to Mayweathers “style”, it’s Manny’s camp that are rumoured to be not willing to fight in May for political reasons, this is all negotiating bluff
question is why this fight? there would be no interest. No money in it….
Pacquiao is trying to avoid Floyd, not the other way around. Roach has been quoted today in the daily telegraph that he wants Manny to step up and face Yuri Foreman instead of Mayweather. I think Roach is secretly hoping Shane Mosely will get a shot at Mayweather and beat him, so Manny won’t have to face him. Matthew Hatton doesn’t deserve a shot against Floyd Mayweather. If this fight is even being joked about being considered, it’ll be the worst move of Floyd’s career. And if he thinks Matthew Hatton has the same following in the UK as Ricky, he’s well wide of the mark. I know floyd wants to come fight in the UK, and he could do, just not against Matthew Hatton. Or Ricky, for that matter. It needs to be an elite welterweight or no one.
LOL if matthew won …..
I Don’t know where this info came from. Freddy Roach specifically stated he wants to steer away from a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight and look to a Foreman-Pacquiao fight at 154 for an eight world title in March next year. Then, a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight after that in September to be Pacquiao’s last fight to retire on. Roach admitted Mayweather will be the hardest fight of Pacquiao’s life style-wise. And due to the direction of interest within Pacquiao’s team at this time there’s talk within GBP of Mayweather fighting Shane Mosely if Shane beats Andre Berto. So it’s pretty current and clear Pacquiao’s team wants no part in a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight right now despite what Bob Arum had to say after the Pacquiao-Cotto fight, and despite the theories of Pacquiao fans that Mayweather is dodging Pacquiao.
I will surely sell my house and bet everything on Mayweather for sure, so I could win lots of money, LOL…..
As I said before fraud floyd will avoid pacquiao and put the blame on pacman that’s why he would not fight him in march to say pacman don’t want to fight him in may when fraud knows that may was the election month.
Foyd showin his weak self again vs matt hatton–will not face a legit welterweight and this shows his chicken heart************************************************************************************************
WARE IS THIS RUBBISH COME FROM,THIS WOULD BE LIKE LENNOX LEWIS FIGHTING TYSON FURY,ALL OVER IN A ROUND
This would be a complete mismatch. No way should Matthew Hatton be fighting Mayweather, unless it was in an exhibition bout.
lets just get naz back and put him in with mayweather ha ha ha
As many as Flloyd wants to take it.
And less than 10….